How To End a Crush - Chapter 47.2

“What did he ask?”

“I’d wondered why that guy who always treated me like air suddenly spoke to me,” said Gloria sunbae, clicking her tongue. Then she continued.

“Basically, he said he saw you hugging someone.”

“Ah.”

“He looked so depressed when he said that, so I replied, ‘wow, she’s terrible’.”

Sunbae paused to catch a breath, and I continued to listen with rapt attention.

“After I said that, he glowered at me and told me not to badmouth you.”

Is he stupid?

Gloria sunbae smiled, as if she found it funny just thinking about it.

“So I said, ‘Exactly. You are not dating her, so what business of yours is it whether she hugs or kisses someone else? What can you do about it? Matter of fact, you have no right to do anything about it.’”

My mouth felt dry. I swallowed, and then asked in a low voice.

“……and his reaction?”

“He almost cried, you know,” she said, picking her ears as if it were no big deal. I stared at her, bleary-eyed, with my mouth wide open.

“That was too much.”

“Wow, of course you would take his side. Sad, that’s just sad.”

With a sad face, Gloria sunbae shrugged, before regaining her usual nonchalant expression.

“All I did was speak the truth.”

That was indeed true, but still……

When she saw how uncomfortable I looked, Gloria sunbae asked delicately.

“But who was it you were hugging? Noah didn’t seem to know who they were.”

“It’s just a dongsaeng I have known since we were kids.” ^[1]

“Really? Well, look how popular our cutie pie is. Is he handsome? Huh?”

I was at loss for a moment, and then held my chin in hand, thinking. You could indeed call Arkhan handsome. He was tall too, and I recalled that he was quite well-known in social circles down south. However, it did feel awkward to judge the face of a kid I had known for 10 years.

“Umm…… Yes.”

I replied that way eventually. Objectively speaking, he was handsome. Now that I thought of it, he was also popular on the Academy campus.

“Wow, really?”

“Yes. He is also in the Department of Swordsmanship, so you probably know him too.”

“Is that so? What’s his name?” Gloria sunbae asked, blinking her blue eyes as if she was curious. I rolled my eyes slightly and replied.

“Arkhan Helis, in the first year.”

“Ah, I have seen him before,” sunbae said, clapping her hands.

“The kid is quite good looking, and a good height too. So you two are friends.”

“Yes……”

“But why were you hugging him? Just wondering.”

I replied perfunctorily to her question.

“We were just playing around.”

That was the truth. The hug was just us joking around, nothing more, nothing less. So it was nothing serious that Gloria sunbae or Noah sunbae had to pay such attention to.

Seeing the weird look on my face, Gloria sunbae whispered.

“Cutie pie.”

“Could you not call me that?” I grumbled, feeling the heat rise on my face.

I wasn’t exactly ugly, but I had also never thought of myself as pretty before. I had been looking at my face in the mirror for 17 years, after all. And more than that, sunbae herself was much prettier. So why was she always calling me pretty?

I pouted as I looked at Gloria sunbae’s platinum hair that shone in the light and her blue eyes.

“That reminds me. I thought of what to call you,” Gloria sunbae said, her face suddenly serious. She put her hand in the air and raised three fingers one after another.

“Choose between cutie pie, honeybunch and darling dearest.” ^[2]

“Please stop.”

I was at fault for thinking that she had something serious to say.

“But why?”

I turned away from her with a sulking face. Gloria sunbae clung onto me, pouting.

“So you aren’t going to see Noah anymore?” she asked, looking curious, her hand around my neck.

“No. Wouldn’t it be a huge loss to not look at his face?” I replied, shaking my head strongly.

“I’m just…… a little confused. I need some time,” I scratched my wrist as I muttered.

Noah sunbae likes me.

I was only guessing, but it seemed so. Maybe.

“……sigh.”

Heavens, I am so happy.

I turned around, holding both of my cheeks. I had no idea that I had even laughed out loud.

‘Should I confess again? Then, we would be dating? Dating? Noah sunbae and I?’

All sorts of thoughts ran through my mind, while Gloria sunbae patted me lightly on the cheeks and said in a gentle voice.

“Okay, if you have any worries, you can always talk to unni, alright?”

“I am an only child,” I replied dryly, causing sunbae to shout as if she had been hurt.

“Heyyy!”

I ignored sunbae and continued to think other thoughts.

“Noah sunbae……” I mumbled dazedly.

Notes:

[1] Dongsaeng: 동생; a younger sibling. A dongsaeng could be biological or otherwise.

[2] The exact Korean words are “예쁜이, 귀염둥이, 깜찍이…”. Gloria is a hoot.

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